The Blue Guitar magazine seeks poetry
submissions for the Summer 2019 Issue of Unstrung, a magazine of, for and about
poetry. Submissions will be accepted from June 1 through July 4. Poets must
submit original work and must have a tie to Arizona. Simultaneous submissions
will be accepted, but the poet must notify the magazine as soon as possible if
the work is accepted elsewhere. It is free to submit, and multiple poems may be
submitted. Submissions must be in the best shape possible and
publication-ready. Please include your name and the best way to contact you on
your e-mail submission. Please include in the e-mail subject line: Attn.
Unstrung — Poetry submission, and send to Rebecca Dyer at rebeccadyer@theblueguitarmagazine.org.
For more information, e-mail Rebecca at rebeccadyer@theblueguitarmagazine.org
or visit www.theblueguitarmagazine.org.

Unstrung Summer 2016 poetry magazine now available to
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It is with immense pride that we present the Summer 2016 Issue of Unstrung poetry magazine! To read click here

Editor's Note

Travel is a theme running through this issue — travel as
inspiration, adventure, escape, romance … travel as a sense of place. Time is
another theme — or the idea of being “atemporal” — separate from or unaffected
by time. I can appreciate both ideas, having just come from a trip to Ireland.
Our tour guide told us it’s a relatively young island, emerging from the last
ice age just 10,000 years ago. I got to see ﬁrsthand how sheer cliffs, rugged
coastlines and rolling green hills could be a source of strength and
inspiration for Irish poets. And, just as it is in Ireland, Arizona’s own wild
beauty is a source of strength and inspiration — its unforgiving deserts,
forested mountains, high-plain meadows, soaring red cliffs. What’s more, what
is untamed here has existed long before we could even deﬁne the notion of
“time” and will exist long after. But for us poets, it begs the question about
our sources of inspiration: Are the sparks greater than what they ignite in us?

This
issue offers an eclectic mix of poetry, reflecting among the featured poets and
their work a wide range of life experiences, subject matter, themes and,
equally
importantly, each poet’s unique style. That’s how it should be. To confine
poetry, to attempt to constrict it or narrowly define it, would be its
antithesis. Poetry is the right of all to follow the impulses of the heart,
soul and mind.

We are
proud and pleased to present to you the Summer 2013 issue of Unstrung, a
magazine of, for and about poetry. Our gratitude to the talented Cover
Artist - Marjory Boyer, Editor in Chief - Rebecca
"Becca" Dyer and Production Editor - Richard
Dyer. To read Click here

Editor’s Note
This issue offers a wide and diverse range of styles and life
perspectives as it should. Poetry must reflect every aspect
of existence. As poets, we must allow ourselves every tool
necessary to accomplish this. We must use what will give us the

most direct route from our hearts to our heads. Being a poet is a
solitary occupation. A part of us will always be standing off to one
side, observing, analyzing, sifting, taking notes. But we can’t turn
away without peril. Like light shining through the slats of a blind,
poetry brings us back from the abyss.
Rebecca “Becca” Dyer
Editor in chief

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We are proud and pleased to present to you the Summer 2012 inaugural issue of Unstrung, a magazine of, for and about poetry. Click Here

Editor's Note:I have a vague recollection of writing my earliest poem as a 7-year-old in elementary school — it was a simple four-line stanza with each line rhyming. But the schoolmate who sat behind me, an inveterate copier, co-opted my lines. Frantic that I would be seen as the plagiarist and facing a deadline to turn it in, I quickly erased end words and subbed in new ones. Only now the poem didn’t rhyme (a first foray into free verse?) ... and I got a red mark — but fortunately no lasting scars, just a discomfoting memory. At that age, I was mostly writing little plays and mysteries. But by junior high, after reading a friend’s contest-winning poem, and then in high school, seeing my own poem published in the school literary journal (it wasn’t very good as I remember), something inside me took hold. I haven’t been able to shake it off since. Unstrung, a magazine of, for and about poetry, has long been a dream of mine. As a showcase for the wonderful works of our contributing poets, Unstrung is intended to add to the ongoing poetic dialogue and to create a new conversation with our readers. None of this would be possible without a talented staff — Publisher Elena Thornton, Cover Artist Marjory Boyer and Production Editor Richard Dyer. To them, and to the lovers of poetry everywhere — readers and writers — this inaugural issue is lovingly dedicated. Welcome and enjoy! Rebecca “Becca” Dyer Editor in chief

A project of the nonprofit The Blue Guitar magazine and The Arizona Consortium for the Arts

The Arizona Consortium for the Arts is a startup, nonprofit group dedicated to supporting and fostering artists and the arts in Arizona, including the literary, visual and performing arts. For more information about Unstrung magazine, The Blue Guitar magazine and The Arizona Consortium for the Arts, visit our websites: www.theblueguitarmagazine.org and www.artizona.org .